Category: travel

My external hard drive has been playing up which means I’ve had no access to photos! But I have them back and now I can enthrall you with the freakin’ amazingness that was Palawan. I can’t even begin to properly describe how fantastic this place is. The airport is this tiny little thing tucked away […]

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I haven’t forgotten you! I just got really, REALLY sick. Which is strange, and yet kind of typical for me in mid Australian summer. I’m not sure why my body decides to do this to me when it’s hot, but it does. Three weeks later, I’m finally starting to feel human again. So here’s the […]

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In November, the husband and I took a trip to the Philippines child free. It was our first ever holiday without kids in 19 years! So many things went wrong with it. Now that I think back on it though, I wouldn’t have changed anything. Ollie and I got to spend some really amazing quality […]

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I started this blog nine years ago, after on my last teaching practice in my hometown, my husband set it up so that I could write about whatever I felt like. It was such a godsend to have a place that I knew was mine, and felt safe. Over the years, I let things make […]

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I really do. They are the coolest creatures in the world. I like everything about them and always have. Part of my excitement at our move to Australia is all the interesting bird life just living there in the wild. I have been dreaming about planting fruit trees and nut trees to encourage them into […]

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Several months ago, one of the girls from Ollie’s work who was also hurt in the quakes started a charity event where she ran a silent auction to raise money for the kids here whose families have been badly effected by the quakes. She helped send them to Auckland for a weekend where they got […]

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Happy New Year! 2011. So far, I’m really kind of enjoying it. For the most part anyway. We went camping on the weekend. It was supposed to be a two day trip to Hanmer Springs Thermal pool resort. Here’s how it went down. We arrived at the camp site around 2pm to the most stiflingly […]

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I don’t know about you, but I’m dancer. I’m heading back to Nelson in 3 hours time. Going to go see my parents. It’s a little heartbreaking for them at the moment. Hopefully, things will calm down soon and everything will be…well, I don’t think it will ever be normal, but okay. Let’s hope for […]

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Our third day in Australia, we were left to our own devices again, and decided to spend the day at the beach. It was Aleeya’s 10th birthday, so we thought we’d catch the tram out in the morning and spend the day hanging around on the beach and doing a bit of shopping. She had […]

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Day two was filled with loads of walking and a little bit of shopping. We caught the free tram which stopped basically outside the door to our apartments and got off at Rundle? Rundel..the mall anyway. It was extremely busy, as should be expected a mere 7 days before Christmas and much bigger than we […]